Student Support Contacts
Dr. Philip Patston
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Academic program oversight, curriculum support, and student issue assistance.
102A DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: patston@uic.edu
Dr. Colin Haley
Executive Director of Curriculum and Student Success. Curriculum oversight/assistance and student academic support.
204C DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: chaley1@uic.edu
Angelica Alvarez
Director of Academic Affairs and Registrar. Daily administrative operations, registration, leaves of absence, and student records management.
204D DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: aalvar30@uic.edu
Michael Joyce
Associate Director. Support for DMD and DMDAS students and faculty, ExamSoft liaison, and course evaluations.
204 DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: mdjoyce2@uic.edu
Meshkat Sadeghi
Program Student Advisor. Provides academic letters, documents and processing of educational verification forms and exam proctor.
202D DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: msadeg2@uic.edu
Dr. Darryl Pendleton
Associate Dean of Student Affairs. Dr. Pendleton leads the Office of Student Affairs with expert assistance from the staff team.
102GD DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: dependle@uic.edu
Dr. Georgia Lymberopoulos
Director of Pre-Dental Undergraduate Programs. Dr. Lymberopoulos is the faculty advisor for the UIC Pre-Dental club and oversees the Dentistry Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions (GPPA) program.
104 DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: glymbe2@uic.edu
Braulia Espinosa
Senior Director of Student Affairs. Braulia provides leadership over the development and implementation of admissions, and student services initiatives for the Office of Student Affairs.
104B DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: bespin1@uic.edu
Tiffany Carter
Associate Director of Student Affairs. Tiffany is responsible for the development and implementation of student services, and student leadership development programs.
104A DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: tncarter@uic.edu
Erica Godfrey
Program/Student Advisor. Erica provides holistic advising services to support and encourage students’ academic and personal goals in the College of Dentistry.
102GD DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: egodfre2@uic.edu
Alia Mir
Director of the Resilience Center. Alia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and she oversees the College's Resilience Center, which is committed to prioritizing the health and wellness of our community.
530CC DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: aliamir@uic.edu
Meah Rogers
Associate Director. Meah oversees programs and initiatives within the College of Dentistry, as well as serves as a liaison for campus committees and university system wide policies and initiatives.
530 DENT,
Chicago,
Illinois
Email: troger6@uic.edu